Barbara Douglas Appointed Chairman of USGA Women’s Committee

Barbara Douglas of Scottsdale, Ariz., has been appointed to serve a one-year term in 2009 as chairman of the United States Golf Association Women Committee. Douglas takes over as chairman after serving as vice-chairman of the committee for the past two years, as she succeeds Roberta Bolduc of Longmeadow, Mass., who served two consecutive one-year terms. Martha Lang of Birmingham, Ala., has been appointed to a one-year term as vice-chairman. Nine other members were re-appointed to another one-year term on the Women Committee, including: Barbara Barrow of San Diego, Calif.; Stacey Collins of Cockeysville, Md.; Cece Durbin of Winnetka, Ill.; Martha Kirouac of Norcross, Ga.; Linda Lester of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.; Dot Paluck of Bernardsville, N.J.; Ede Rice of
Edina, Minn.; Gail Rogers of Santa Cruz, Calif.; and Laura Saf of Lincoln, Neb. Three new members were also appointed to the Women Committee, including: Lew Ellen Erickson of Tulsa, Okla.;
Sarah Haas of Carterville, Ill.; and Cindy Reimers of Missoula, Mont. Four previous members of the Women Committee including Bolduc, Christi Dickinson of Paradise Valley, Ariz.; Carolyn Hooper of Hockessin, Del.; and Peggy Runnette of Pittsburgh, Pa., have retired from serving.
The Women Committee, which is appointed annually by the USGA Executive Committee, represents the Association in matters relating to women’s golf. Its principal responsibilities include overseeing the administration of the women’s championships conducted by the USGA,
making recommendations to the Executive Committee regarding key policies and strategies to enhance the game, and supporting the development and promotion of women’s golf. Douglas has been a member of the Women’s Committee since 1993, and prior to that, she served on the
Women’s Amateur Public Links Committee. She has served on the Sectional Qualifying Committee and has been chairman of the Women’s Regional Affairs and the Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship Committees of the USGA. She is a member of the USGA’s Women’s
Strategic Planning Committee, International Team Selection Committee and the Future Sites Committee. Douglas is active in several golf initiatives and served as president of the National Minority Golf Foundation (NMGF) from 1999 to 2005. Additionally, Douglas served on the
board of directors of the Executive Women’s Golf Association from 2005 to 2008. Douglas is active with the Doral Public Junior Golf Championship and the Women In Golf Foundation, serving as a member of the Rules and Competition committees. She also is a board member of the Arizona Golf Foundation and President of the Board of Directors of the Junior Golf Association of Arizona. Prior to joining the NMGF, Douglas as an executive with IBM Corp.